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Half-Blood Blues
- Auteur(s): Esi Edugyan
- Narrateur(s): Kyle Riley
- Durée: 11 h et 11 min
- Version intégrale
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Esi Edugyan won wide acclaim for her stunning novel Half-Blood Blues - a Man Booker Prize finalist and winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize. In it, 83-year-old Sid Griffiths remembers his time during WWII playing in a Berlin jazz band called the Hot Time Swingers. When jazz music was denounced by the Nazis, Sid and his bandmates fled to Paris - a move that put Hieronymous, the band's brilliantly talented trumpeter, in constant danger due to his Afro-German heritage.
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The perfect time to listen
- Écrit par Mark le 2023-10-10
- Half-Blood Blues
- Auteur(s): Esi Edugyan
- Narrateur(s): Kyle Riley
The perfect time to listen
Évalué le: 2023-10-10
A good story. Well told. Not preaching but a lesson is there if you listen
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The Polished Hoe
- Auteur(s): Austin Clarke
- Narrateur(s): Robin Miles
- Durée: 18 h et 49 min
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Winner of both the Giller Prize and the Commonwealth Writers' Prize, The Polished Hoe is acclaimed author Austin Clarke's masterpiece. On a Caribbean island in the 1950s, elderly Mary Gertrude Mathilda commits murder. As she explains herself to police, her story exposes the ugly underbelly of life on Caribbean plantations, with its slavery and brutality.
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One of the worst audio books ever.
- Écrit par Lori le 2018-10-26
- The Polished Hoe
- Auteur(s): Austin Clarke
- Narrateur(s): Robin Miles
Enjoyable tough subject
Évalué le: 2023-07-07
I’m still new a picking audiobooks. I’ve endured many. This was a pleasure to spend my time with. Thank you
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A Hole in the Universe
- Auteur(s): Mary McGarry Morris
- Narrateur(s): Jason Culp
- Durée: 10 h et 14 min
- Version abrégée
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After 25 years in prison for a senseless juvenile murder, Gordon Loomis returns to a changed world. His old neighborhood is blighted by drug dealers and neglected property. His brother, Dennis, a successful oral surgeon, tries to help but is torn by his own fears and failings. Gordon's persistent visitor, the flamboyant Delores Dufault yearns to be part of his new life, but he is as afraid of relationships as he is of being sent back to jail.
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Enjoyed this
- Écrit par Mark le 2023-04-16
- A Hole in the Universe
- Auteur(s): Mary McGarry Morris
- Narrateur(s): Jason Culp
Enjoyed this
Évalué le: 2023-04-16
I can’t even say why I liked this production other then it worked. Worth the time
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